For me, it's always the darn cookies. I can't resist them! THREE TIMES in the past week!

So what does that say about me? That I can eat well for several days, but then break down when a few cookies are placed in front of me? Does it mean I don't have any will power? Maybe. Or is it that I don't want to lose the weight badly enough? Maybe.

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Or maybe it's that I wish they'd devise a diet where you don't have to be on it every single day. One that lets you eat what you want for, say, 2 or 3 days a week. The other 4 or 5 days you'd stick to the diet. I think getting through the tough times would be easier if I knew I could eat "normal" (read: delectable) foods in merely a couple of days.

But diets never work like that. It's always -- stay on this plan forever. I guess that's why Weight Watchers has had so much success because it does let you splurge more frequently than other diets. But still -- to count every point is annoying for me.

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My ideal diet would be a combination of the Fat Smash, and splurging a few days a week. Something like:

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays: Do the Fat Smash

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays: Splurge on whatever you want

I imagine this dream diet to be sort of like a dream date: We get introduced to each other, in the magical light of (um) a bookstore. And the diet introduces itself out of nowhere:

Nicole: "Hi, Dream Diet! I'm so pleased to finally meet you. What will my life be like with you?"

Dream Diet: "It will be a life full of variety, where you can be with me most days of the week but have your freedom."

Nicole: "So this would be like an open marriage?"

Dream Diet: "That's right! It's open so that, when you want to take a break from me, you can. But then we can get back together when your affair (with, say, cookies) is over. That's what you want, right?"